I re-registered to the forum here. I remember coming here years ago to vent a bit about the 2004 DVDs. I forget what username I used back then, so I created a brand new one.

I don't think I will buy Star Wars on Blu-Ray -- it's not a boycott, just that I've shelled so much money buying the 2004 DVDs and only to rebuy the 2006 DVDs with the letterbox original theatrical releases that I don't want to shell out more money all over again.

My hope is that fan backlash will be so great with the current bluray release, that Lucas will finally cave in and release the theatrical editions of the OOT on Blu-Ray. At that point I _might_ buy them, but I'll probably decide against it. But I still hope that they do get released so that true Star Wars fans get their well-justified wish.

Lucas should really stop revisiting his previous work. Some "Director's Cut" or "Special Edition" releases of old movies are justified. Case in point, the Donner Cut of Superman II. But the changes being constantly made by LFL are major creative ones. Like Hayden Christensen in Jedi, Greedo shooting first, Ian McDiarmid replacing Clive Revill in ESB, etc.

I can understand if a director or artist wants to revise or improve a previous work. But Lucas' changes, to put it succinctly, just plain suck. The only change to Star Wars I can conceive that actually improved it was putting in Jabba in Episode IV. "Jedi Rocks" with it's myriad of Monsters Inc-like puppets crooning to the camera that replaced the awesome "Lapti Nek" is so cringe-inducing that I wanted to toss the DVD and smash it into a thousand pieces.

Well, I'm sure what I just wrote has been discussed many times here. I think that Star Wars' creator has caused me to hate Star Wars.